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| Type | Working Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Bank lending and CEO turnover: Evidence from China |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
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| Number | n/a |
| Date | 2022 |
| Abstract Text | To maintain bank relationship, borrowers have motives to discipline themselves by forcing out underperforming CEOs. In this paper, we show that the state ownership in emerging markets renders this disciplinary mechanism ineffective. Using the contract information of bank loans for Chinese listed firms, we find that higher bank loan intensity overall does not affect the probability of forcing out an underperforming CEO. The absence of disciplinary effect is driven by the bank-firm pairs in which either the borrower or the lender is state-owned. However, the disciplinary effect is significant if a firm’s bank loans mostly consist of secured and short-term bank loans. Bank loans increase the likelihood of a forced CEO turnover, especially when joint-equity banks serve as the main lender. Overall, we propose that state ownership is an important factor driving the inefficiency of credit market in emerging countries. |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:22731 |
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| Keywords | CEO turnover, bank loans, disciplinary effect, state ownership |
| Additional Information | JEL classification: G21, G30, G32, G38, K22 |